Ritual exegesis among Mauritian Hindus

MAŇO, Peter. Ritual exegesis among Mauritian Hindus. In Assessing the study of religious change in Central-Eastern Europe: New fields in the study of religious change in Central-Eastern Europe. 2023.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Ritual exegesis among Mauritian Hindus

Autoři

MAŇO, Peter

Vydání

Assessing the study of religious change in Central-Eastern Europe: New fields in the study of religious change in Central-Eastern Europe. 2023

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Další údaje

Jazyk

čeština

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60304 Religious studies

Stát vydavatele

Slovensko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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URL

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

Mauritius; folk Hinduism; ritual; costs; emic exegesis; cultural domain analysis

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Mezinárodní význam

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Anotace

V originále

Practitioners' reflections on the purpose and meaning of ritual actions are often assumed to be limited, absent, or irrelevant. As a result, many anthropological analyses overlook or brush away native explanations. While it is true that ritual exegesis can often be scarce, our research (Xygalatas, Maňo; 2022) instead focused on some of the conditions that favor its presence and on exploring the diversity in its forms across different types of rituals. Specifically, we used cultural domain analysis to examine cultural models of exegesis for six rituals practiced by Mauritian Hindus. We show that ritual structure affects exegetical reflection such that costlier rituals tend to elicit a greater volume (quantity and breadth) and thematic range thereof. Moreover, different types of rituals are associated with different functions, with costlier rituals linked to more pressing, vital, and personal concerns. Our data are relevant to both the Mauritian context and the broader anthropological theories of ritual.